Many of you know that my son has Type 1 diabetes. So, every night we check his blood sugar at various hours of the night (which he sleeps right through!). Lately, during the time that I am up, I’ve been watching the television show, Adoption Stories. Hubby seems to sense when it’s on and joins me in watching it (maybe I wake him up with my sniffling and crying? :) ).

I am addicted. Each night, I look at the different stories that profile people from all walks of life, various ethnicities, contrasting backgrounds … yet with stories so much like my own. One in particular hit me because it very closely mirrors the situation the situation the children I am adopting are in. The episode so completely captured all that my husband and I are feeling, and, (we think) what our children must be experiencing. It was truly hard to watch. It had woven, all together in one program, the waiting, the hope and expectation. It spoke to the transition ahead of us that goes with adopting older children. I then went back to sleep and had dreams about our own situation, and I remember crying in the dreams.

So it seemed only fitting that today, we should receive two new pictures of our children that their foster mother sent to us. The kids have been so much on our minds, and though we think about the delay every day, there are some days the wait seems interminable. Then, we get little reprieves from above – pictures or a letter or phone call – to fortify us for the journey ahead.

All of us have adoption stories … and prayerfully, one day, mine will have a happy ending (ending of the wait; beginning of the journey)!

I hope to be able to offer you tips on handling this wait. If you would like to share your adoption story, or if there are things that have worked for you, please feel free to send them to me at christianadoption AT adoptionmail DOT com.